Hey all.  I have two 22" Acer monitors that I picked up pretty cheap from A

Hey all. I have two 22" Acer monitors that I picked up pretty cheap from Amazon. Currently I run on my laptop with one of the monitors off to the right. Works pretty well but I'd like to do the following:
I wanted to set it up so that when I'm at my desk I can use an external keyboard and mouse and both of the monitors side-by-side. Basically I want to be able to just close the lid on the MacBook and use it as a CPU only when I'm at my desk.
I'm wondering what the best way is to accomplish this. I think I'd need one of those "splitters" perhaps (I think Matrox makes them, maybe others). However I'm also wondering how that would work with MBP and how easy it would be to dock and un-dock the laptop in that sort of arrangement.
Maybe this is just too difficult to get working properly but I'm thinking there has to an option.

Also, it's crazy to me that the Matrox devices are so expensive. Costs more to buy those then the actual monitors...
I suspect that most of the people using the Matrox devices are also using pretty good monitors, and are used to paying more for quality. Look at it this way: by buying cheapo monitors instead, you've saved yourself enough money to buy the matrox box you need to use them (assuming, of course, that it's compatible — about which there does seem to be some question).

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